4月アップデート

みな、hi。僕は長い間かきこしませんでした, so for the five people who read this, どもすみません。今は僕の日本語お勉強します。僕はほんとに勉強したいだ、でもとても難しいだ。ミルテンさんトミチェルさんも僕と一緒に日本語勉強します。多分、いつか僕たちは日本に行きますよ、でも僕が金おもてません。いけませんだね？切符は高いだよ！すして、あそこにホテルとめしも高いだよ。じゃ、大事な事があります。じゃね、みな。

Weekly Update

So it's almost the end of Spring break. Yesterday I did a recap with the youth, from the all-nighter, to everything that we have learned from 1 John so far. Afterward we played basketball with the older peeps, and I was missing almost everything. Today I got to jog...it has really been a while. The Wulff's parents came home early from a business trip. I installed LAN drivers for the computers...so now we have three of the four computers ready for Starcraft. The fourth one just kinda sucks, so I don't think I'm going to touch it. Thoughts? My Spring break has been awesome.

Daily Log

Long day yesterday. I went to church late, and all eyes were on me during a music team meeting after church. Availability is better than ability. I went to the newest park and played a little basketball, then went to btc and got some Orange Julius. We went to the park near Allen's Pond, where we played tennis, 4 vs 4, and then we all somehow went jogging back and forth between goal posts. Some went to McD's, and afterward some went to the church to pick up some computer parts that were being thrown away. We then went to the Wulff's house and dropped it off, and set up some stuff. Ed called me later and said that we have four computers working.

Today I'm gotta do stuff at school, then head to the Wulff's again to see what we can do.

Daily Log

That all-nighter was great. The topic was about putting on the full armor of God, Eph. 6. Lots of kids, lots of food, and lots of poker. Only problem is that I only got 3 hours of sleep, plus I still didn't fully rest from my jog with my bro. On top of that I stunk. Mmm. I need to catch up on my sleep now. Farewell

Monthly Update

Plenty of things happened this month. I went to my first con, Otakon on top of that. I was alone most of the time, not because I was emo or anything of the sort, but because I could see everything and not be slowed down by anyone. I enjoyed, and maybe I'll go next year. More recently, my bro Josh came to MD with his roomie Ehrin, who went back to SD on Wednesday. Yesterday, Jeremy P and Rico slept over, and we went to Guitar Center in Rockville. Rico bought a Spyder III amp, and Jeremy got...a conga? Or whatever it's suppose to be...yeah. I'm going to head to Mr. P's cottage for an all-nighter. Yay.

I chose to update because...I gotta keep consistent with my hypothesis: daily updates become weekly, weekly updates become monthly. But since people aren't really paying attention to blogs now, I'll be posting more often just to keep track of time.

Two Day Update

Mike and Joe slept over. We spent the night watching retro commercials and cartoons. When we woke up, I tried to make some food. Most of the day was spent playing Call of Duty 4 on my bros computer. I picked up Billy and we went to CHBC, and watched Billy get fried by Pastor Dever for raising his hand too much and not listening to the other person. We were suppose to chill with Phoebe and Chicago people, but didn't get any phone calls.

Tomorrow I gotta...water the plants, take care of my pet mouse, fix the Nagrampa's laptop, and finalize if I'm going to Otakon or not. Thoughts? I wanna read the Bible more.

Weekly Update

I taught the second part of antichrists on Thursday. I somehow ended with...learn everything. I went with Kuya John to get him to sign up for black membership at my gym. My cousin Joe came on Thursday night. Very random. I slept over Gele's house on Friday night. We walked around in the darkness. The literal kind. I think I scared some of them as I walked slowly like a zombie, while everyone was blinded by some light, and could only see a figure in the shadows moving in an awkward pattern. It was my birthday on Saturday. It was the first time I actually got a free slurpee. My bro taught biblestudy, about Matthew 5 and being poor in spirit. Afterward half of us went to downtown Annapolis and ate at Tsunami. Tofu is pretty good. I also got some ice cream. On Sunday everyone met up at VBFM...apparently most of the youth didn't go to HTY. We played basketball and tennis at the park. The Gatdulas also came by. We went to Rita's afterward, and I got what I always get, strawberry shortcake blendini. yumyumyum. We went to BTC Barnes and Nobles for a bit, and then took people home.

It's late. Gnite

Daily Post

I was trying to go with the guys to Ocean City, but unfortunately there was an accident on 50 which held me back for about 25 minutes. I learned later that it was a part of Mr. P.'s company, and he'll pay a bunch for it. When the guys left me, I headed to BTC and got some food at Panera. I went to Barnes & Nobles and studied there for a couple of hours. I looked at a book about wireless security and learned a bunch of things that even a 10 year old could do with WEP. Sounds fun! Afterward I went home and helped with some yard work. Now I'm studying. Fun!

Thoughts? There's so much to learn...

Daily Post

Unfortunately, I was unable to post yesterday, due to myself reformatting my whole laptop. I finally got a new battery for it, so now I can actually use it as a laptop! Before I reformatted, my whole hard drive was one XP partition. Now, I got Ubuntu running, plus I have two different versions of XP, one for important things, like school and programming, and the other I guess...for games? I don't know yet. But I AM excited about actually using Jaunty Jackalope.

Yesterday I picked up Mr. Penya from the metro and dropped him off. I went to the gym for like an hour, and then went to IHOP with Matt, Milton, and Jeremy P. I stopped by Matt's house for a bit and watched them mess with Facebook, and finally played with some Nazi zombies.

Today I went to Sports Fit with Mark N., where we got to play tennis. Unfortunately we were cut short because the court was reserved. Mark showed me his arm workout...perfect timing, as I just did them the day before. It killed me, but it felt kinda good. We picked up Val from work, and ate at Pot Belly. We then went to a DC United soccer game. It rained hard for a bit, but it stopped. We got to see a full rainbow too. DC United beat the NJ Barons, 2-0. I chilled at the Nagrampa's house for a bit and got to see Milton and Mike. I'm now considering if I could...or should, go to Assateague tomorrow.

Thoughts? Hmm...I gotta make up my mind.

Daily Log

I missed biblestudy, and then led the people who weren't going to the retreat meeting to btc. I ate subway. We all walked around for a bit, and then went to the spot. I played basketball, and met a little kid named Andre who wanted to play with us. I tried to make a deal with him, that if he made a freethrow shot, he'd be able to play with the "big boys." He made it on his first shot. I ended the day with talking about lots of things at the Wulff's house (not Ed's, not Matt's). Good times good times.

Thoughts? My mind is becoming more and more unlocked!

Weekly Recap

This week has been okay. I've been studying various things, from the usual nihongo while I drive, to Java and MySQL, to a lesson about antichrists (yes, plural) in 1 John 2, to some piano and some songs. I'm enjoying to learn a bunch of things, and hope it'll stick with me and that I would eventually have the chance to use these skills. Unfortunately I didn't get the internship because they were already one week in and did not have money, but I'm still motivated to study, now even more. Maybe next time I won't be in Cali and I'd have more time to focus. I'll be teaching Kuya Alan some guitar, so hopefully some day he could lead worship while playing guitar, although I think it'll take a good amount of time. I remember myself struggling so much at first, but now my hand does the work for me so I could think more about what I'm singing. Actually, today was supposed to be our first lesson, but he was...stuck in traffic or something. Consequently I missed my chance to go to Artomatic in DC, but I spent the time at the Wulff's killing zombie nazis.

Thoughts? I'm motivated to learn.

Daily Log

I didn't really sleep. Last night I had to pick up my brother from Reagan, but his flight was delayed. I picked him up around 1:30, got home around 2 somethin somethin, and then looked up a little about interviews. I was on the couch and was unfortunately unable to sleep well, and to make things worse, my dad wakes up early to go to work. When I kinda got up, I tried to print out my resume for this internship interview that I had, but unfortunately my printer is broken. I drove to my cousin's house and printed out there, got to the interview, and everything went aight from there. Well there was a small choke up: I was asked about the difference between an abstract class and an interface, and also things about inheritance. My answer wasn't sufficient. I gotta go over what I studied, and hopefully I could catch up.

It's times like these where it's easy to forget about God and rely on human strength. We need to trust in the Lord with all our heart, lean not on our own understanding, and in all ways, through great times and through hard times, acknowledge Him, and He will make our paths straight. I wasn't that stressed out, but it stinks how things seem to work out at the moment it happens.

Thoughts? I'm studying. I'm gonna be studying the whole summer. Yay!


Another random pic. My cousin getting ready to assassinate someone.

Month Recap

Well apparently I haven't upload any pictures, or posted any posts for over a month now. As I predicted when I created this blog, the posts would become daily, to every other day, to weekly, to monthly. I suppose the next post would be next year? Who knows. Anyway, a recap.

I went to Cali two weeks ago. From the airport, we went to...Chinese buffet, international market where we bought a bunch of mangos, Ross, Walmart, some yogurt place, then finally to my uncle's house. We then went to my brother's house, where I got to meet his roommates, then I went to get boba and meet with my cousin's friends, then crashed a study session at my cousin's church just to chill...everyone was studying for their finals. We went to some house and I met more people. Stayed til 3, which is 6 EST...intense first day.

As for the rest of the days, I went to Disney Land for free cause my cousin works there. We also stayed at a Marriott for an undisclosed price...my cousin got a great hookup. I got to see Jen's place. They're pretty messy for girls...even I could do better. We got to see a friend in LA for a bit. I got to drive back to SD halfway cause my cousin got tired. The roads there physically suck...it's just the base, which entails a very bumpy ride. Traffic is strange too; I go 70 mph, then suddenly I stop. Then I go back to 70, then screech on the brakes to stop. No accidents at all. On Saturday I went to Body Rock, a dance competition including groups such as Kaba Modern, Boxcuttahs, So Real, Choreo Cookie, and Poreotics. I suck at dancing, but now I'm inspired to learn. Sunday I went to church with my bro. Monday I flew back...stopped by Phoenix, AZ for two hours. I wish I could've visited Linda...she's like 25 minutes away. But she probably would've been sleeping or playing WOW. Then I went home.

Last week I just helped with an all nighter for the youth in my church. We went through 1 John 2:1-17...four intense lessons, except for Kuya John's lesson; it was pretty much straight-forward. We learned about obeying God's commands with the right motive, which is love. We also looked how our actions should follow what we preach. If we say that we are in the light yet walk in darkness, we phail. I don't think that's an exact quote, but it's something like that. So we do good works not to be saved, but to prove our love for God. We had plenty of games...the most intense one was hide and seek in the dark; Matt Wulff and I were running everywhere. Oh, and the microphone effects are awesomely scary.

I helped with the music yesterday. It's encouraging to hear the church raise their voices in unison (or sometimes just make a joyful noise). Next week we plan to have the youth join in to help with the Sunday music. As for today, I got to study for some internship. I have an intense few weeks ahead of me. I hope I don't lag too far behind...

Thoughts? I feel like jumping on pianos and smashing guitars.







An old pic of Kuya John's basketball game, where he got crushed. Very unfortunate. "Wala!"

Daily Log

Ate crabs for breakfast. Headed to Bowie to meet with Jeremy P., but unfortunately there was an accident on 50, so I went straight to practice. Jeremy came by for a bit, and so did Tony and Marcia. The 3M (Mitch, Mike, and Myrrh) and I went to Chik-Fil-A and then went back to the playground at church to eat. We talked about Linux and RAM, among other things.

Thoughts? Starting next week, I'm planning to add one picture representing the majority of my day. I doubt that I will be consistent with it, because it could become tedious to keep uploading them. But it's worth a shot.

Daily Log

Went to Chipotle then went to the Nagrampa's house for Bible study. Unfortunately, Mike was knocked out when I got there, but fortunately for me, I got time to eat my food. We started 1 John. Talked about the importance of Jesus being an actual, physical, human being. Without being a human, he couldn't die, and if he couldn't die, then we would never be saved. Also talked about gnosticism and how everything is evil, and Jesus being human would make him evil, and thus gnosticism ultimately claims that God is evil, which is actually the complete opposite of the definition of evil. We played a game afterward..."Get some!" "You can't do that!" "Baa!" Afterward, I went with Tita Marie to the gym...which I really needed. A successful day today...it felt guuuud. Oh, and the Lakers lost for the money. Game 7! Not that I keep up with sports...

Daily Log

Stayed home the whole day. Did my last final. Watched the Lost finale. Uploaded pictures.

Daily Log

I went to Jeremy D.'s house today. Watched Star Trek. Now I'm home, on my laptop, on my bed. I hope everything is okay.

Two Week Recap

My two weeks of silence has been interesting. I'll see what I could remember.

April 27 - Got an email from my professor saying that I couldn't retake a test that I missed. Turned my A into a B. Also was the last time I went jogging...wow, it's been a while. I went around Whitemarsh with Tina. Then I went to the gym with Matt and later on Jeremy D.

April 30 - I think...I went to Yami Yami and met up with some of the guys, including Christian. Went to class afterward. Went to class and then Biblestudy at Mike's house. Myrrh taught and also had a quiz about...animal facts? Jeanette came...haven't seen her for a while. I think people were saying pickup lines, while I was just chillin on the piano.

May 1 - Went to practice. Played Adonai. Went to Taco Bell and then ate at church while everyone else went to watch X-Men Wolverine.

May 2 - Went to pick up Jernie and Jensen and headed to TREE. I got Danny's with Jeremy P. and then we headed to the Nagrampas to watch the Pacquiao Hattan fight. I felt a little sorry for Hattan.

May 3 - Went to church. Learned some Korean. Went to Friendly's. Went to pick up Tina from BTC. Played base tag at the church.

May 5 - I think...I went to Yami Yami with Billy? Talked about Excalibur, Atlantis, the Garden of Eden, and slaying angels. Went to school and took a final. Went to Jeremy D.'s house to head to the gym. I got all dizzy, so I didn't work out that much. Went to Subway...Jeremy D. treated me. Woot.

May 7 - Hectic day. As I was finishing my project, I saw more instructions online, so I had to go back to change things. I worked hard on it too. Sigh. I didn't get to go to Biblestudy. Sigh.

May 8 - First day of Acquire the Fire. Took an hour to get to Mark G.'s house, so I kinda got everyone late, plus we made a circle in and out of Baltimore which added about 15 mintues...but not really because we didn't miss anything. I learned that drowning is not good for you...forgot the context. We were also born dead. And we shouldn't mix up our wants with our needs, or vice versa. Got to see David Crowder. The bass in the place was pumpin too...I feel it even when I stepped outside. The best part was meeting the VA group. Cool, chill people. Went to their hotel afterward and ate their food...they offered, so we couldn't deny it! It's great being Filipino. I also got a chance to jam on the awesome piano in the lobby. We went to Mark's house and I stayed up til 3. I slept with Rhea, or whatever her name is. She kept my legs warm.

May 9 - Second and final day of ATF. Broke up the guys and girls. Said hi to Pastor Wayne from Praise and Thunder. Walked to the Inner Harbor and ate some Chipotle. I ate too much...Lizelle couldn't finish her food. We went back...to a concert? People were trying to crowd surf, but it was stopped fast. We had another break...I was still full. For the last part of ATF, I wandered around outside while they had a play and lots of music. I was on the phone with Jeremy P., as he was in Panera. I also got to talk to people out in the hall.

May 10 - I woke up at 8, but it was cold, so I went under my blankets and went back to sleep. Woke up at 11, realized that I was late for church, so I went back to sleep. Woke up at 2, in an empty cold house...ate "breakfast" and then went to my aunt's house for a mother's day celebration thingy. Went to Bowie really late and got some Rita's. Went to the Nagrampa's house and sighed at a bunch of wrong answers on someone's CIS final.

Today I went to WBC and met up with Mike at the library. I haven't been at WBC for a while. I got to see Rolland. I also met Jerome and...another guy, who's a great singer. Mike, Rolland, and I went to Jerry's Subs and Pizza afterward. I took Rolland back to WBC. Now I'm home. And thus concludes the two week recap.

Thoughts? It's interesting learning about trials, and then when they actually come, it's harder than what was expected. We need to listen more to the Word before we fall into temptation, or else we would become an easy target for sin. Take time for prayer and reflection, and ask God for wisdom, which he will give abundantly to those who seek it.

Daily Log

Washed car. Mowed lawn. Picked up Liz and went to practice. Had BBS. Played a little basketball. Went with Mike to Friendly's. Too many people, so we headed to the Garalde's house. Jeremy P. had to go home, so I went with him. Had some Chik-Fil-A. Got dropped off at HTY. Went home. My dad's bday today. My bro got him a hammock. Thoughts? It's late. I'm gonna sleep now.

Daily Log

Yesterday, Comcast was acting up, so I was unable to post. I went to class, went to pick up Tony Dong, then went to bbs at Mike's house. We had a little meeting, and then went to Chik-Fil-A to take some heat. Went back to Mike's house, then went to gas up, and finally dropped of the Castelos.

Today, I got to see Brittnaaay, whom I haven't seen for like...a year. She introduced me to the anime club. They seemed like pretty chill people. I also got to see Tasha for a second. I brought Brittnayy (aka Yuki, by her club) to get Chik-Fil-A. Met a Brandon, Denise, Joseph...and I forgot the rest of the names. Went to btc and chilled at Music and Arts. My friend's mom who works there had to go home early because someone broke into their house. I went to deposit a check, and then went to Panera, where I saw Kuya Alan, and ate with him. Went to practice. Tina came by, so we went to Applebees to check up on Kish Kish. Saw Mary there too. Went to Ruby Tuesday's, but heard the Milton wasn't working. Went back to Applebees and got some...desserts and drinks. Dropped everyone off home...I felt like a taxi driver. Went to TenRens to see Matt Billy and Josh Kurikeishu, and then got some drinks and went home. Got to see my parent's new SUV that they bought today, a 2009 Rav 4. And that was my day.

Thoughts? My bro spoils me too much. He's paying for my tick to atf. And Tita Caroline spoils me too. I hear that she might pay for my tick to a Hillsong concert. I get spoiled too much. But I'm very grateful!